On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 20:10:21 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 17:07:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>>>>>>> > Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>>>>>> > > I need ideas here. I am not necessarily going to eat this food
>>>>>>> > > myself so what I like or can/can't eat doesn't matter.
>>>>
>>>> Hae you ever heard of Italian Ribollita? It's a hearty soup made with
>>>> beans and a whole slew of vegetables. Here's one recipe:
>>>>
>>>> https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016052-ribollita
>>>>
>>>> When I make it, I start with some sausage meat (not a lot) for
>>>> flavour, and go from there. I use chicken stock, but you can use
>>>> vegetable stock or water if you prefer. I use many different types of
>>>> greens in it, everything from spinach to beet tops. I sometimes use
>>>> roma tomatoes, and sometimes tomato paste or juice. It freezes well,
>>>> and everyone I have made if for loves it.
>>>>
>>>> Doris
>>>
>>>I think I've heard of it but it looks somewhat fussy to make. And greens
>>>like that aren't something I normally have around. Once in while spinach.
>>>Don't think I've ever seen just the beet tops for sale. I tend to just
>>>throw
>>>whatever I have in the pot when I make soup unless I am making something
>>>specific like navy bean but thanks!
>>
>> This is not a "fussy" recipe to make. When I make it, I also tend to
>> just throw whatever I have into the pot. Onions, peppers, cabbage,
>> celery, carrots, kale, spinach, arugula, etc. I will even add shredded
>> leftover romaine letuce
>>
>> The only constant is the cannellini beans.
>
>The bread in it and throwing it in the oven seems fussy to me. I do love
>French onion soup but when I make it, I don't even do that. I don't really
>even like bread in my soup but when I make French onion, I put a few cubes
>of bread in the bottom of my bowl and a goodly amount of cheese then ladle
>the soup over it. I'm the only one eating it so works for me. Sure you don't
>get the crispy cheese bits at the edge of the bowl. I suppose next time I
>could just nuke or fry a little cheese to get a crispy bit that include
>that.

You don't have to do that. Just eat the soup without the bread.

Doris